If you have come to this site in hope of finding something different, I believe you can find what you want and need right here to make your life seem more meaningful.

I say this because, several years ago, I was on a quest to find more peace, joy, and happiness in my life. As a result, I learned the principles that make me a happier person. In addition, I learned to change the way I look at things that stress me in life. Now I no longer react to those challenges and respond to them in a much different way than I used to. Things just don’t get to me any more.

Life is way too short to waste it on things that don’t really matter in the big scheme of things. Letting things go that don’t matter leaves room for things that do matter. The problem is that too many people don’t know what matters. Instead, they respond to challenges out of anger or ego whenever something happens that disagrees with what they think is important. As a result, they respond the same way they always do when something happens to them; the response is as if it is in default or on auto pilot.

I learned that I do not have to live my life in default or on auto pilot. I can change the way I look at a situation and see a different alternative than the way I used to respond. In other words, if I continue to do what I’ve always done, nothing is going to change for me. It wasn’t until I actually stopped reacting and listened to my inner spirit, that I changed my situation. By not doing what seemed right and doing what was right, the outcome changed and so did my destiny.

The point is that we can change the tape playing inside our minds that tell us to react a specific way when we become angry or stressed. Once we understand where our reaction originates, usually from ego or passon, then we see our situation in a different light. Reacting in default (meaning reacting the way we have always done), creates chaos, contention, misunderstandings, and negative results. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. It is a choice to see another alternative that may provide us better results than reacting in the usual manner.

Again, “let me ask: Who am I”?

I am a person who has learned to change the way I see life and the stresses that affect how I react or respond to them. I am a calmer and happier person now. Of course, I don’t always respond to life perfectly because I am a human being with ego and passions. However, I make right choices a lot more often than I make wrong choices in my responses. I am grateful for the person I have become and for life’s lessons that taught me to change.

You too can change the way you see life’s stresses and how you respond to them. I am nobody special, I’m just like you. If I can change then so can you. And, if I am different from you, it’s only because I made the effort to change.

Feel free to write and tell me about some of the things you have done to change the way you respond and to have more peace in your life. If you are having difficulty in making the changes you need to make, feel free to read my book “The Treasure Box Series, Volume I: Peace, Joy, and Happiness.” The book is a compilation of the lessons that life taught me through the years about meeting the challenges that affect peace of mind and happiness. I wrote down these lessons so you may benefit from my mistakes and accomplishments.

As Oprah Winfrey said one time, “When we know better we do better.” This statement is so true. Once we change, we teach others around us to respond differently to their challenges as well. We not only change ourselves, we change others too. This is a great blessing.

Another important lesson I learned is that the universe will continue to serve up the lessons we need to learn until we finally get the message and change. We can resist changing, but then life will only become harsher in order to gain our attention. We can be stubborn about it and not change, but that means we deny ourselves the blessings we can have if we just accept the principles that create peace in our lives.

In conclusion, let me say for a fact that I learned it is not wise to be in conflict with God and the universe. We can choose to be happy by accepting the principles that create peace or we can choose to be miserable by resisting them and not changing. What choice will you make? As for me, I chose to be a happier and more peaceful person.

This is an extension of http://www.treasureboxseries.com and http://www.JuLynneConsulting.com so you can keep up with the news reports on the subjects of peace, joy, and happiness, and the gems we collect and put in our life’s treasure boxes. Although this site is new and under construction, please keep checking back for updates as I build this site. I hope you find it worth your time because this is something I am passionate about and find pleasure in reporting about to you. I welcome feedback so I know if you enjoy it or not and suggestions for making it better is also appreciated.

About This Site

The Treasure Box Series is about my experiences and the treasures I gained from them.

After 9/11, I embarked on a quest to find peace of mind and to learn how to deal with specific trials I was having at that time.

I’ve learned a lot about “Chaos”, “Peace of Mind”, “Joy”, and “Happiness”. Also, I learned about responding to situations appropriately instead of reacting in default or out of frustration and emotions.

Today, I make much better choices than ten years ago, not only in the way I respond to situations but how I live my life today. I live a happier and fuller life because of what changes I have made in my life.

Perhaps you will consider my lessons as you ponder on your own situation. It may be that something I say will ring a bell of truth and help you change your life as well. That would be pleasing to me and I would love to hear about it.